14:23
Martin wins another sprint, his second at Le Mans
Martin has done it once again. The Spaniard is the sprint king again at Le Mans as he wins from Marc Marquez and Vinales.
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French MotoGP at Le Mans: Sprint race as it happened
Recap Saturday's MotoGP action at Le Mans.
11 May 2024
14:23
Top nine
Martin, Marquez, Vinales, Bastianini, Espargaro, Acosta, Di Giannantonio, Miller, Raul Fernandez.
14:21
Big save from Acosta at the penultimate corner as he loses ground to Espargaro.
14:21
Lap 12 of13
Martin leads Marquez by over two seconds following Bezzecchi's crash. Bastianini is catching Vinales for third.
14:18
Lap 10 of 13
Coming under big pressure from Marquez, Bezzecchi has crashed out!
14:15
Lap 8 of 13
Martin is now well clear of Bezzecchi who is now losing time to Marquez.
14:13
Lap 7 of 13
Alex Rins is down after contact we believe with KTM's Brad Binder.
14:11
Bagnaia update
The world champion is out and retired on lap 3 of the race.
14:10
Lap 5 of 13
Bezzecchi is closing in on Martin and Marquez is not that far behind in third spot.
14:09
Lap 4 of 13
Espargaro takes his first Long Lap and Marquez is now up to third behind Martin and Bezzecchi.
14:07
Lap 3 of 13
Aleix Espargaro had a double Long Lap penalty due to jumping the start.
14:07
Lap 3 of 13
Bagnaia is last!!. The world champions has a problem.
14:04
This is quite incredible from Marc Marquez. He's through on Vinales for P4.
14:03
Lap 1 of 13
Francesco Bagnaia has made a dreadful start he is 14th!! Marc Marquez has moved up from P13 to sixth.
14:02
And it's lights out in the Le Mans MotoGP sprint race.
14:00
Riders are off on their formation lap!
13:57
We're five minutes away from lights out!
13:43
Good afternoon and welcome back to the French MotoGP at Le Mans. Coming up in just over 15 minutes is the sprint race.
10:43
The MotoGP sprint race at Le Mans will get underway at 14:00pm UK time.
10:37
2024 French MotoGP, Le Mans - Full Qualifying Results
Martin Le Mans MotoGP
10:33
Martin on pole!
So that's it for Q2 in Le Mans and it's Martin who secures pole ahead of Bagnaia and Vinales. Di Giannantonio heads the second row ahead of Bezzecchi and Espargaro.
10:30
Aleix Espargaro and Jack Miller have also crashed out of qualifying. The order won't change.